The russians hunting for cheap flats in occupied Mariupol
It is one year since the Ukrainian city of #Mariupol was largely destroyed by russian forces and captured.
Some russians are even hoping to buy homes there.
About 90% of the city's buildings were damaged or destroyed by russian shelling Thousands of civilians were killed
Now, the occupation authorities seem intent on "russifying" the city
Read more here🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-66393949
#Ukraine 🇺🇦 #RussiaIsATerroristState
#StandWithUkraine
President #Zelensky has condemned a deadly russian missile strike on a blood transfusion centre as a “war crime,” calling those responsible “beasts that destroy everything that simply allows life.”
moscow’s forces struck the facility in #Kupiansk in the #Kharkiv region of northeast #Ukraine on Saturday evening
“Rescuers are extinguishing the fire,” he wrote on social media, adding: “This war crime alone says everything about russian aggression.”
Read more here🔗 https://www.kyivpost.com/post/20253
When you next shop remember #Boycott #Procter&Gamble
NACP of #Ukraine adds #P&G to the list of international sponsors of war, Source🔗 https://sanctions.nazk.gov.ua/en/boycott/14/
It operates 2 factories in russia the Gillette razor manufacturing plant in st petersburg, and a toiletries manufacturing plant in tula
Revenue for 2022 was $80.187B, a 5.35% increase from 2021
#P&G consumers need to show them that staying in russia will hurt them much more than leaving ever would
P&G Brands 🔗 https://us.pg.com/brands/
#Oligarchs fret about their assets as #UK fights to keep tabs on their spending
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When an individual is “designated” and goes on to the UK’s #sanctions list, their funds are frozen but they can apply for licences to make payments for reasons such as living expenses – food, rent, utility bills or medicine.
They fill out a form and in return receive a licence that can be presented to their bank
Read more here 📎 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/05/oligarchs-fret-about-their-assets-as-uk-fights-to-keep-tabs-on-their-spending
#Ukraine #SlavaUkraine #StandWithUkraine
International rules-based order violated by russian aggression must be restored – address by Volodymyr #Zelenskyy President of #Ukraine 05/08/23
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Our team is working in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, at the meeting of advisors to the leaders of the states on the Peace Formula.
In total, 42 countries are represented there. Different continents, different political approaches to global affairs, but everyone is united by the priority of international law.
Full address🔗https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/mizhnarodnij-poryadok-zasnovanij-na-pravilah-i-porushenij-ro-84733
Watch #Game4Ukraine
Don't miss a game that's much more than a sports competition between champions. Support the #fundraiser for #school reconstruction
Andriy Shevchenko and Oleksandr Zinchenko gather football stars to play a charity match in support of #Ukraine 🇺🇦
Live on YouTube📽️ 🔗https://www.youtube.com/live/avyfZ_lud20
#Ukraine 🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
#СлаваУкраїні! #StandWithUkraine
Members of a Vienna-based activist public organization “Unlimited Democracy” organized a commemorative event on the occassion of the anniversary of #Olenivka tragedy which took place on July 29, 2022
The event was held under the slogan “Olenivka — the new Auschwitz” and involved the laying of 50 makeshift bodies symbolising the dead Ukrainian prisoners of war in the #Vienna city centre
Read more here🔗 https://www.weareukraine.info/activists-place-50-makeshift-bodies-in-vienna-city-centre-in-commemoration-of-olenivka-massacre-victims
#Ukraine 🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
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#Ukraine may be winning ‘world’s first #cyberwar ’
For Ukraine's main #cybersecurity agency, russia's full-scale war began over a month before the tanks rolled .......– with a large #cyber attack on Jan. 14, 2022.
Yurii Shchyhol, head of the State Special Communications Service says over 90 government websites were targeted, about 20 of them were defaced, and some data was erased. It took Ukrainian authorities 2-3 days to get those websites back up.
Read more here🔗 https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-cyber-chief-says-kyiv-is-winning-worlds-first-cyberwar/
The Security Service of #Ukraine (SBU) chief Vasyl Maliuk made a statement on the recent surface drone attacks on russian ships
He said such attacks are "absolutely logical" and "completely legal"
"Any (explosions) that happen to the russian ships or the Crimean Bridge is an absolutely logical and effective step in relation to the enemy," Maliuk
"Moreover, such special operations are conducted in the territorial waters of Ukraine and are completely legal"
When you next shop remember #Boycott #Mondelez
It's interests in the russian market are represented by LLC "Mon'delys Rus
It has three factories in russia:
👉 Bolshevik factory (produces Yubileynoe, #OREO, Mishka Barny, and TUC crackers),
👉 Pokrov factory (produces Alpen Gold, Vozdushny, #Milka, and Picnic bars),
👉 Bolshoi Novgorod (produces #Dirol chewing gum and #Halls candies).
In 2022, it paid more than 61 million USD in taxes to russia
Source🔗 https://sanctions.nazk.gov.ua/en/boycott/30/
#Ukraine 🇺🇦
War & Art
"War & Art" is a project designed to strengthen the sanctions policy in the art sphere and help track sanctions violations in global operations on the #art market.
russian #oligarchs and other sanctioned individuals can still easily hide and launder their money through art objects, despite the #sanctions imposed on them.
#Paintings, sculptures, art #jewelry - this is exactly what they use as a loophole to circumvent sanctions.
More info here🔗 https://sanctions.nazk.gov.ua/en/art/
#Ukraine 🇺🇦
Top russian #soprano axed over Ukraine invasion sues Met #Opera
anna netrebko requests $360,000 damages after being dropped when manager Peter Gelb demanded she repudiate putin
She claims the Met caused ”severe mental anguish and emotional distress” that included “depression, humiliation, embarrassment, stress and anxiety, and emotional pain and suffering.”
Read more here 📎 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/04/russian-soprano-anna-netrebko-met-opera-russia
#Ukraine #SlavaUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
#СлаваУкраїні! #StandWithUkraine
Are Ukraine and russia ‘brotherly nations?’
moscow has repeatedly said that Ukrainians and russians are “brotherly nations,” appealing to common history, culture, and religion.
Kyiv Independent reporter Natalia Chekotun explains why that has nothing to do with reality.
(50 Second) YouTube📽️ 🔗 https://youtu.be/lx2k2b74I8M
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New Ukrainian military spokesperson enrages russian propagandists
Ukrainian Defense Ministry has responded to russian media attacking Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, a military servicewoman of Ukraine’s Territorial Defence Forces and #US #journalist, over her #transgender identity
Ashton-Cirillo has been defending Ukraine since March 2022, serving as a combat medic ..., and holds the rank of junior sergeant. She has been injured in frontline combat
Read more here🔗 https://english.nv.ua/nation/new-ukrainian-military-spokesperson-enrages-russian-propagandists-50343778.html
#SlavaUkraine
A small team of medics is working to assess #medical supply needs and deliver basic and advanced training.
From trauma and emergency medicine to primary and maternity care, more supplies and training are critical
Learn more about supporting this work or the purchase of equipment and supplies🔗 https://medicteam4ukraine.com/
#Ukraine 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine
According to a recent US report, Ukrainians residing in russian-occupied territories are being compelled to take on russian citizenship under threat of retaliation, which includes potential deportation or detention
Yale University researchers discovered a systematic effort aimed at residents in the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions, with the intention to strip them of their Ukrainian identity
Read more here🔗 https://www.weareukraine.info/russia-systematically-force-ukrainians-to-accept-russian-citizenship/
#Ukraine 🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraine
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russian court sentences Alexei Navalny to further 19 years in prison
putin critic faces harsh prison regime after being found guilty of charges decried as politically motivated
Navalny, 47, once led street protests against the russian president, putin, built a nationwide political opposition, and revealed salacious details of kremlin officials’ corrupt lifestyles. As revenge, russia has sentenced him to a cumulative three decades in prison
Read more here🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/04/russian-court-extends-alexei-navalny-sentence-in-penal-colony
#Ukraine
Fair and honest end to russian aggression will benefit everyone in the world – address by Pres. #Zelenskyy of #Ukraine 04 Aug
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Liberating Ukrainian land from the occupiers means restoring full respect for international law and the UN Charter. Eliminating all threats created by russia to Ukrainian and global security means returning peace to international relations and stability to global life. I am grateful to everyone who supports the Peace Formula
Full address🔗https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/spravedlive-j-chesne-zavershennya-rosijskoyi-agresiyi-dast-k-84729
China to participate in #Ukraine peace plan meeting
Saudi Arabia will host the meeting, set to take place on Aug. 5-6. russia has not been invited
Confirmed participants include the UK, South Africa, and the EU
The 10-point peace formula, supported by many Western allies, includes the
👉 restoration of Ukraine's territorial integrity,
👉a complete withdrawal of russian troops from Ukraine,
👉and the punishing of those responsible for war crimes.
Read more here🔗 https://kyivindependent.com/china-to-participate-in-ukraine-peace-formula-meeting/
#Dutch company, JDE Peet’s to stop selling foreign coffee brands in russia by end of 2023
They owns trademarks like #Jacobs, #L’Or, #Tassimo, and #Douwe #Egberts
They will only sell local coffee brands in russia. CEO Fabien Simon said that the company will not leave russia due to the high risk that the company’s “assets and intellectual properties would be nationalised by the russian state or given to third parties in russia”
Read more here🔗 https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2023/08/03/jacobs-coffee-producer-to-stop-selling-foreign-coffee-brands-in-russia-by-end-of-2023-en-news
#Ukraine #StandWithUkraine